Illness

  • 31illness — SYN: disease (1). environmental i. SYN: multiple chemical sensitivity. factitious i. by proxy SYN: Munchausen syndrome by proxy. functional i. SYN: functional disorder. manic depressive i. an older term for manic depressive disorder, which is now …

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  • 32illness — Synonyms and related words: abnormality, acute disease, addiction, affection, affliction, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, atrophy, bacterial disease, birth defect, blight, bug, cardiovascular disease, chronic disease, circulatory disease,… …

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  • 33illness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sickness, disease. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The state of being sick] Syn. sickness, poor health, failing health, ailing, ill health, infirmity, queasiness, vomiting, indisposition, malaise, disorder,… …

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  • 34illness — ill·ness || ɪlnɪs n. disease, sickness …

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  • 35illness — noun a disease or period of sickness …

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  • 36illness — n. Disease, sickness, indisposition, ailing, ailment, complaint, disorder, distemper …

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  • 37illness — n Slckness, ailment, malady, disorder, complaint, indisposition; affliction, disease, infection, morbidity, Pathol. affection; invalidism, valetudinarianism; weakness, feebleness, infirmity; pain, hurt, ache, wound; disability, handicap; mental… …

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  • 38illness — ill·ness …

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  • 39illness — noun Syn: sickness, poor health, disease, ailment, disorder, complaint, malady, affliction, infection; informal bug, virus Ant: health …

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  • 40illness — ill•ness [[t]ˈɪl nɪs[/t]] n. 1) pat unhealthy condition; poor health; indisposition; sickness 2) Obs. wickedness • Etymology: 1490–1500 …

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